Fort William fights Rothes in Football League battle

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Competition: Scotland Football League
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Claggan Park (4000 seats)

The visiting Rothes side should be favourites in this visit to Fort William, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Fort William form and stats

1 victory, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Fort William, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Football League, have to build on here at Claggan Park in the Football League. It's trouble wherever Fort William are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Fort William, their manager R. MacMorran and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Fort William's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-5 versus Albion Rovers. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Albion Rovers the opponent.

Fort William were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Fort William has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Fort William having conceded 14 goals here at Claggan Park so far.

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Rothes form and stats

Playing away, Rothes have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Football League this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Fort William.

The supporters enjoyed Rothes's previous game versus Clachnacuddin (placed 16th), a Football League 3-0 win played at home. A loss against Inverurie Loco Works was the result prior to that, in a Scottish Cup home game.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Rothes are regular goalscorers on their travels. Rothes have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Fort William, 0 draws and 2 wins for Rothes. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

Fort William missing players

Rothes missing players

Fort William Rothes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 4 5 12
1 1 0 Won W 3 3 9
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
9 4 1 Lost L 0 1 2
9 6 1 Scored S 10 11 32
38 14 4 Conceded C 4 6 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 92%
70% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 50%
60% 60% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
40% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 80% 58%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 42%
50% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Rothes's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fort William have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fort William haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rothes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rothes have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rothes have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Rothes have scored more than double the goals of Fort William.
  • Rothes haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Fort William
All Football League Scottish Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away Home vs top
28-09-19 FL Fort William 1 - 4 Wick Academy
05-10-19 FL Fort William 3 - 5 Turriff United
09-10-19 FL Forres Mechanics 6 - 0 Fort William
19-10-19 SC Albion Rovers 1 - 1 Fort William
26-10-19 SC Fort William 0 - 5 Albion Rovers
09-11-19 FL Rothes 16:00 Fort William
20-11-19 FL Nairn County 20:45 Fort William
23-11-19 FL Fort William 16:00 Brora Rangers
30-11-19 FL Inverurie Loco Works 15:00 Fort William
14-12-19 FL Fort William 16:00 Strathspey Thistle
Rothes
All Football League Scottish Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
28-09-19 FL Strathspey Thistle 1 - 2 Rothes
05-10-19 FL Rothes 4 - 0 Keith
12-10-19 FL Rothes 3 - 1 Wick Academy
19-10-19 SC Rothes 1 - 3 Inverurie Loco Works
26-10-19 FL Rothes 3 - 0 Clachnacuddin
09-11-19 FL Rothes 16:00 Fort William
23-11-19 FL Rothes 16:00 Turriff United
30-11-19 FL Forres Mechanics 16:00 Rothes
14-12-19 FL Rothes 16:00 Lossiemouth
21-12-19 FL Nairn County 16:00 Rothes

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brora Rangers 13 11 0 2 41 8 6 5 0 1 24 2 7 6 0 1 17 6 33 33
2 Buckie Thistle 13 11 0 2 37 14 6 5 0 1 13 6 7 6 0 1 24 8 23 33
3 Inverurie Loco Works 15 11 0 4 38 22 6 3 0 3 14 12 9 8 0 1 24 10 16 33
4 Fraserburgh 12 9 2 1 43 14 6 4 1 1 26 9 6 5 1 0 17 5 29 29
5 Rothes 12 9 1 2 32 10 7 6 0 1 21 4 5 3 1 1 11 6 22 28
6 Forres Mechanics 15 7 2 6 43 30 7 4 1 2 26 12 8 3 1 4 17 18 13 23
7 Nairn County 12 7 2 3 21 19 6 4 1 1 10 7 6 3 1 2 11 12 2 23
8 Formartine United 11 7 1 3 29 7 5 3 0 2 14 6 6 4 1 1 15 1 22 22
9 Keith 15 6 2 7 26 42 6 2 1 3 14 19 9 4 1 4 12 23 -16 20
10 Wick Academy 14 5 2 7 22 27 6 2 1 3 10 11 8 3 1 4 12 16 -5 17
11 Deveronvale 13 5 1 7 18 22 7 2 0 5 8 11 6 3 1 2 10 11 -4 16
12 Huntly 14 3 4 7 20 35 9 3 2 4 19 23 5 0 2 3 1 12 -15 13
13 Strathspey Thistle 12 3 1 8 16 30 6 3 1 2 9 4 6 0 0 6 7 26 -14 10
14 Turriff United 14 2 2 10 17 41 7 1 1 5 8 23 7 1 1 5 9 18 -24 8
15 Lossiemouth 14 2 0 12 11 44 9 2 0 7 6 22 5 0 0 5 5 22 -33 6
16 Clachnacuddin 13 1 2 10 11 31 7 1 2 4 9 12 6 0 0 6 2 19 -20 5
17 Fort William 10 1 0 9 9 38 5 1 0 4 6 14 5 0 0 5 3 24 -29 3

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